Judge Dredd (1995)

Directed by

Danny Cannon

Genre

action film, science fiction film, superhero film, speculative fiction film, dystopian film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 2,768 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future where Earth is a wasteland, judges act as police, jury, and executioner. A judge named Dredd is framed for murder by his evil half-brother, who plans to take over the city with cloned soldiers.

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What happens

Judge Dredd is a 1995 American science fiction action film based on the 2000 AD comics Judge Dredd. It is directed by Danny Cannon and stars Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd, a law enforcement officer in the crime-ridden futuristic metropolis of Mega-City One. Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen, Jürgen Prochnow, and Max von Sydow appear in supporting roles. It was filmed entirely at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom, and released by Buena Vista Pictures on June 30, 1995. The film is set in the 22nd century and depicts a dystopian world. Following an unspecified disaster that turned Earth into a "cursed" wasteland, the survivors established a corps of Judges whose role combines that of police, judge, jury and executioner. In Judge Dredd, Dredd, one of the most dedicated Street Judges, has been framed for murder by his own half-brother — the psychotic Rico, who plots to take over Mega-City One with an army of superhuman clones. The film was produced by Charles Lippincott and Beau E. L. Marks, with a screenplay by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza. Judge Dredd went into general release on June 30, 1995. It grossed $113.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $85-90 million, and was considered a box-office disappointment at the time. It received negative reviews from critics, and is often considered to be one of Stallone's worst films, but its visual style, effects, music score, stunts and action sequences were praised, and the film was nominated for four Saturn Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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